WP Free SSL

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1. ★★★★★ Elizabeth Richardson

   3.6y ago

   I am so thankful for this plugin. I have a series of personal websites that I intend to keep and have paid for SSL certificates for several of them so they appear more professional. During the development of another site I found this plugin and activated it, followed the instructions and got 3 months SSL free. I wanted to see what would happen after the 3 months before I added my review … the updating of the certificate was the same as the installation … a few simple clicks and the dates were advanced for another 3 months. I am happy to update the SSL manually as it gives me an opportunity just to check on each website.There really should be easier instructions for people to use SSL on all websites freely … but the instructions for this plugin are great. It would be great if everyone knew that updating was just as easy to do.

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2. ★★★★★ meekmoney

   3.8y ago

   The creators/coders of this plugin have outdone themselves. They’ve made a TRUELY FREE all-in-one SSL plugin. At the time of this review…NameCheap is my host. This plugin did not require, request, or force me to go outside of the plugin in order to have a successful SSL. It literally did all of the steps for me within its WP Plugin Dashboard in the CMS of my WP site…WOOOWWWW!!! It gave clear steps, and pop-up notes to let me know what to do. If your site is installed correctly on your host then I’m 98% sure you won’t have a problem NOR need to go outside of the plugin like some other plugins need you to do in order for them to work to satisfaction. THANK YOU SO MUCH Prasad Kirpekar for a thoroughly made plugin that is headache free!!!

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3. ★★★★★ Guillermo

   4.1y ago

   Anda perfecto no tenés que hacer nada, solo lo instalás, genera el certificado, luego vas a tu CPanel en certificados SSL y copias el texto contenido en el certificado y listo. Anda mejor que otros que tenés que descargar y subir algún archivo. install it, generate the certificate, then go to your CPanel in SSL certificates and copy the text contained in the certificate and that’s it. It works better than others that you have to download and upload a file. Thank you, gracias!

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4. ★★★★★ Joolsd

   4.2y ago

   As much as I am a big fan of Namecheap they are trying to get me to pay for a new SSL cert when I know it’s pretty easy to get a free one. I had a look at my options then came across this plugin and it was so easy. Yes it is free and there’s no hidden cost. Just great thanks very much.

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5. ★★★★★ quocbao94

   4.2y ago

   Great …!

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6. ★★★★★ Hasan Shahrear

   4.3y ago

   It’s a nice plugin man. Woking on my site.

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7. ★★★★★ Adnan Hassan

   4.4y ago

   Its an awesome plugin for FREE SSL Certificates, I just install it and it do its work 100%. Its a too much useful plugin Recommended Highly.

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8. ★★★★★ manuelva

   4.5y ago

   Tried tons of similair plugins but none of them did the job. The main reason is that at my provider I have to upload the certificate and the private key manually. Not one plugin does this right. With this plugin I also don’t have to deliver a CRS because it generates a correct one itself.

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 WP Free SSL – Free SSL Certificate for WordPress and force HTTPS <= 1.2.7 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-09-24 CVE-2024-44020 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8
2. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Growth timeline

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1. 2025-07-25 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• SSL Atlas – Free SSL Certificate & HTTPS Redirect for WordPress 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• SSL Insecure Content Fixer 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL) 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Encryption – One Click SSL / HTTPS & Free SSL Certificate, HTTPS Redirect, Security 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• One Click SSL 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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WP Free SSL: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-free-ssl